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<A NAME="X-REF299869110"></A><h1>Using online Help</h1>
<A NAME="TI411"></A><p>PowerBuilder has two kinds of online Help: HTML Help and Windows
Help. </p>
<A NAME="TI412"></A><h4>About HTML Help</h4>
<A NAME="TI413"></A><p>HTML Help contains several PowerBuilder books: this <i>Users
Guide</i>
, <i>Application Techniques</i>
, the <i>DataWindow
Programmers Guide</i>
, <i>Connecting to Your Database</i>
,
and <i>Deploying Applications and Components to .NET</i>
. </p>
<A NAME="TI414"></A><h4>About Windows Help</h4>
<A NAME="TI415"></A><p>Windows Help contains a list of new features in this release,
context-sensitive Help, all the reference information in <i>Objects
and Controls</i>
, the <i>Connection Reference</i>
,
the <i>DataWindow Reference</i>
, and the <i>PowerScript
Reference</i>
, and Help for tools such as the Migration Assistant
and the Profiling and DWSyntax tools. </p>
<A NAME="TI416"></A><p>Some Windows Help topics provide links to related topics in
the HTML Help.</p>
<p><img src="images/note.gif" width=17 height=17 border=0 align="bottom" alt="Note"> <span class=shaded>Vista support for Windows Help</span> <A NAME="TI417"></A>If you or your users use the Windows Vista operating system,
see <A HREF="pbugp14.htm#CHDDHAJB">"Using Windows Help files
on Vista"</A>.</p>
<A NAME="TI418"></A><h4>Accessing Help</h4>
<A NAME="TI419"></A><p><A HREF="pbugp14.htm#CEGBAEFD">Table 1-8</A> lists
the ways you can access Help.</p>
<A NAME="CEGBAEFD"></A><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=6 border=1 frame="void" rules="all"><caption>Table 1-8: Accessing online Help</caption>
<tr><th  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI420"></A>Approach</th>
<th  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI421"></A>What it does</th>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI422"></A>Use the Help menu on the menu bar</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI423"></A>Displays the Help contents, the What's
New in PowerBuilder Help, or Help for the current painter.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI424"></A>In a wizard, click the Help button [?] in
the upper right corner of the window</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI425"></A>The pointer displays with a question
mark so you can get context-sensitive Help. Point and click in a
field you need Help on.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI426"></A>In the Properties view in a painter,
select Help from the pop-up menu on any tab page</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI427"></A>Displays a Help topic from which you
can get Help on the properties, events, and functions for the object
or control whose properties are displaying in the Properties view.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI428"></A>Add a Help button to the PowerBar and
use it</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI429"></A>Displays the Help contents.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI430"></A>Press F1</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI431"></A>Displays the Help contents.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI432"></A>Press Shift+F1 in the Script view
or Function painter</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI433"></A>Displays context-sensitive Help about
the function, event, or keyword under the cursor.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI434"></A>Select Help from the pop-up menu in the
Browser</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI435"></A>Displays Help for the Browser or for
the selected object, control, or function. </td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI436"></A>Click the Help button in a dialog box</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI437"></A>Displays information about that dialog
box.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI438"></A>Click the link to HTML Help icon in a
Windows Help topic</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI439"></A>Opens the HTML Help at the linked topic.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<A NAME="TI440"></A><h4>Sybooks CD and Web site</h4>
<A NAME="TI441"></A><p>PowerBuilder books are also provided on the Sybooks CD and
the Sybase Product Manuals Web site. For more information, see <A HREF="pbugp1.htm#CHDIBGDF">"Other sources of information"</A>.</p>
<A NAME="CHDDHAJB"></A><h4>Using Windows Help files
on Vista</h4>
<A NAME="TI442"></A><p>Windows
Vista does not distribute the <i>WinHlp32.exe</i> file
required to open Windows Help files such as the <i>pbhlp115.hlp</i> file
used in PowerBuilder. To use <i>.hlp</i> files, you
need to download a special Vista version of <i>WinHlp32.exe</i> from the <A HREF="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=82148">Microsoft Web site</A>
. </p>
<A NAME="TI443"></A><p>Compiled HTML Help (.<i>chm</i>) files are supported,
but you need to edit the Windows registry to enable a Help macro
that supports links from the <i>pbhlp115.hlp</i> file
to the <i>pbman115.chm</i> file. If you do not edit
the registry, the "For more information" links
at the bottom of many topics in the Windows Help display an error.</p>
<A NAME="TI444"></A><p>You also need to edit the registry if you need to run Windows
Help files at a remote location on an intranet.</p>
<p><img src="images/note.gif" width=17 height=17 border=0 align="bottom" alt="Note"> <span class=shaded>Registry reflection on 64-bit Windows</span> <A NAME="TI445"></A>64-bit versions of Windows use registry reflection to maintain
a 32-bit registry view and a 64-bit registry view. On 64-bit Windows,
configuration information related to 32-bit applications is stored
in the <i>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432node</i> registry
hive.</p>
<A NAME="TI446"></A><p><img src="images/proc.gif" width=17 height=17 border=0 align="bottom" alt="Steps"> To enable Windows Help macros and remote access
on Vista:</p>
<ol><li class=fi><p>Create the following registry key.</p><p>On 32-bit Windows:<p><PRE> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WinHelp</PRE></p><p>On 64-bit Windows:<p><PRE> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432node\Microsoft\<br>WinHelp</PRE></p></li>
<li class=ds><p>Add a new DWORD value with the name AllowProgrammaticMacros
and the value 1.</p></li>
<li class=ds><p>Add a new DWORD value with the name AllowIntranetAccess
and the value 1.</p></li></ol>
<br><A NAME="TI447"></A><p>You can also add this support by saving the following lines
in Notepad to a file with the extension .<i>reg</i> and
importing it into the registry.</p>
<A NAME="TI448"></A><p>On 32-bit Windows:<p><PRE> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<br> <br>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WinHelp]<br>"AllowProgrammaticMacros"=dword:00000001<br>"AllowIntranetAccess"=dword:00000001</PRE></p>
<A NAME="TI449"></A><p>On 64-bit Windows:<p><PRE> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<br> <br>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432node\Microsoft\WinHelp]<br>"AllowProgrammaticMacros"=dword:00000001<br>"AllowIntranetAccess"=dword:00000001</PRE></p>
<A NAME="TI450"></A><p>Microsoft prohibits the distribution of <i>WinHlp32.exe</i> with
deployed applications. If your application uses .<i>hlp</i> files,
you should provide your users with instructions on how to download <i>WinHlp32.exe</i>.
Links for downloading <i>WinHlp32.exe</i> are available
by searching for it on the <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx">Microsoft download site</A>
.</p>

